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• What is the Colchester's Rapid Transport System bus lane

  07-09-2024 02:00 via gazette-news.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - This week it works on the next phase of dedicated bus lanes which will connect Colchester began.
  
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• Weekend rail disruptions to remain despite Labour reforms

  07-09-2024 02:00 via inews.co.uk
  
  i News - A chronic lack of drivers will mean services will continue to face disruption in the coming years
  
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• Trafford Centre to charge for parking for first time at site for 'premium shoppers'

  07-09-2024 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - A huge area of car park is being transformed with larger spaces to suit the needs of mp;#39;premium shoppersmp;#39; - and parking charges will soon follow
  
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• Theresa May joins Maidenhead MP for formal opening of Maidenhead station facilities

  07-09-2024 02:00 via maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Former Prime Minister and Maidenhead MP Theresa May joined the town?s current MP, council leader and other figures to formally open the new facilities at Maidenhead Railway Station.
  
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• The case for restoring your railways

  07-09-2024 02:00 via libdemvoice.org
  Liberal Democrat Party - On September 4th The Independent ran a story on the problems that have beset the HS2 railway project to connect ?major cities? in England. It reported that the figure for total cost of the project, was something like 67 billion pounds, one new station at Birmingham alone costing half a billion, an extraordinary figure even if one accepts that it is over 15 years.
  
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• TfL still affected by 'ongoing cyber incident'

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The organisation said it took action after the attack, including limiting access to some services.
  
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• TfL outlines what London commuter railways would be like under plan to make them like Overground

  07-09-2024 02:00 via mylondon.news
  
  Other Regional Press - Bosses say it would mean longer trains and 'simpler' timetables with 'turn up and go' services
  
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• Surrey towns getting a 'on demand' bus you can book with 30 minutes notice

  07-09-2024 02:00 via getsurrey.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The bus will now be operational in operational in East, Central, North and South West Surrey
  
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• Rail line closed after freight train derails

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - One person suffers minor injuries after a freight train derails in Tameside, police say.
  
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• Plan set to shape future of city transport network

  07-09-2024 02:00 via new.newcastle.gov.uk
  Local Government - A major new strategy to shape transport development across Newcastle over the next 20 years is being drawn up.
  
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• Part of Warwick railway station to close for six months

  07-09-2024 02:00 via railadvent.co.uk
  
  Rail Advent - Network Rail has issued an update on work to provide step-free access to trains at Warwick station, including alerting passengers to a six-month closure of the station?s subway.
  
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• Oxford to London Marylebone line train tickets to be discounted this month

  07-09-2024 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Chiltern Railways is offering thousands of tickets at discounted prices to travel on Fridays throughout September.
  
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• Northern Trains quizzed over poor performance

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Northern Trains has been quizzed by politicians and members of Transport for the North (TfN) over plans to improve its poor performance.
  
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• Northern Lincolnshire MPs discuss drivers' 'juddering journeys' on the A180 and train services in Parliament

  07-09-2024 02:00 via grimsbytelegraph.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes MP Melanie Onn secured a debate on transport in northern Lincolnshire, highlighting A180 issues and getting a direct London to Cleethorpes train service
  
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• New bridge to be built to connect town centre

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The new canal footbridge will be installed near Walsallmp;#39;s Light Cinema.
  
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• New £29.5m bridge opens across the River Clyde

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.com
  
  BBC News - The 377ft (115m) long bridge is one of the longest opening pedestrian and cycle bridges in Europe.
  
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• Network Rail admonishes Blackhorse Road Station litter louts amid disgusting rubbish build-up

  07-09-2024 02:00 via walthamforestecho.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - Land behind the stationmp;#39;s southbound Overground platform is strewn with rubbish, reports Marco Marcelline
  
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• MSPs in call for crackdown on dangerous off road and e-bikes

  07-09-2024 02:00 via glasgowtimes.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - MSPs have called for action in Scotland to crackdown on the dangerous use of off road bikes and motorised bikes.
  
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• MP's maiden speech calls for rail link restoration

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - The new Pendle and Clitheroe MP, Jonathan Hinder, has used his maiden speech in Parliament to call for the restoration of the Colne to Skipton rail link.
  
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• London e-bike boom leads to clashes with councils

  07-09-2024 02:00 via ft.com
  Financial Times - Badly parked and abandoned vehicles cause frustration for local authorities
  
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• Lidl enters rail market with Tailwind Intermodal business

  07-09-2024 02:00 via railway-technology.com
  
  Railway Technology - The supermarket company will use its new rail services to provide onward travel for containers carried by its Tailwind shipping line.
  
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• 'It sounded like a building was coming down' - Freight train travelling through Tameside derails injuring one person

  07-09-2024 02:00 via manchestereveningnews.co.uk
  
  Manchester Evening News - he train was carrying a load of construction aggregate towards Manchester on the Stockport to Stalybridge line and was said to have been travelling at 'low speed' at the time
  
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• Island Line closes again for more engineering work

  07-09-2024 02:00 via railnews.co.uk
  Railnews -The only National Rail line on the Isle of Wight will close again tomorrow, for a new engineersmp;#146; possession. The latest closure will mean no trains until 6 October, when the line will reopen between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin, but the pier section will remain closed until 4 May. These latest closures are being described as essential in mp;#145;futureproofing the servicemp;#146;.
  
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• Is the return of ScotRail?s peak rail fares a betrayal of Dundee passengers?

  07-09-2024 02:00 via thecourier.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - The Scottish Government plans to reintroduce peak rail tickets later this month. But how will more expensive fares impact passengers?
  
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• How two upgraded Greater Manchester train stations could look as Transpennine Route Upgrade continues

  07-09-2024 02:00 via business-live.co.uk
  
  Birmingham Post - Network Rail plans to relocate Mossley station and upgrade Greenfield station in Greater Manchester
  
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• Green light given to build first phase of Barton link road

  07-09-2024 02:00 via northlincs.gov.uk
  
  Local Government - Plans to build the first phase of Barton-upon-Humber?s link road ? connecting Barrow Road, the A1077 and Caistor Road, have been given the green light.
  
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• Gobowen to Oswestry shuttle bus proposed by town councillor

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bordercountiesadvertizer.co.uk
  
  Other News Sources - A SENIOR Oswestry councillor has called on Shropshire Council to financially support any proposal that would establish a shuttle bus to Gobowen railway station.
  
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• Disused tracks donated to help heritage railway

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Sections of a disused railway line between Bristol and Portishead have been donated to a heritage railway.
  
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• DfT accounts lay bare the cost of government U-turns and losses

  07-09-2024 02:00 via transportxtra.com
  
  Transportxtra - The Department for Transport?s accounts for 2023/24 lay bare the high cost of governmental inconsistency, with losses declared in relation to changes to HS2, smart motorways and the department?s shared services programme. Departmental Group losses during the year were almost ?2.4bn, compared with ?90.6m in 2022/23.
  
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• County's 'biggest ever road building programme' needs rethink, group says

  07-09-2024 02:00 via oxfordmail.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - A residents group is saying Oxfordshire County Councilmp;#39;s Watlington Relief Road and HIF1 Didcot schemes need a mp;quot;rethinkmp;quot; in terms of costs.
  
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• Bus 'super stops' and walking and cycling 'super routes' in 14-year Middlesbrough transport vision

  07-09-2024 02:00 via gazettelive.co.uk
  
  Other Regional Press - The aim is to provide a mp;#39;seamlessmp;#39; transport network that will be mp;#39;long-term, forward thinking and sustainablemp;#39; and reduce reliance on cars
  
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• Boeing’s Starliner lands on Earth – without its astronauts

  07-09-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - Nasamp;#146;s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who flew Starliner amid technical failures, will remain at ISS until FebruaryBoeingmp;#146;s Starliner spacecraft landed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday, months after its original departure date and without the two astronauts it carried when it launched in early June.Starliner returned to Earth seemingly without a hitch, a Nasa live stream showed, nailing the critical final phase of its mission. Continue reading...
  
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• Approval sought for station's cracking repairs

  07-09-2024 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News - Plans have been submitted to repair "structurally significant decay" at a Victorian rail station after "widespread cracking" was found.
  
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• An ‘earthquake’ at Volkswagen – and a crisis for Germany?

  07-09-2024 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The Guardian - The company is seen as crucial not just to local but national wellbeing mp;#150; and never before have its workers been threatened in their own homeland like thismp;#145;Earthquake at Volkswagenmp;#148; ran the stark headline in the Wolfsburger Nachrichten, the newspaper serving the north German city that is synonymous with the carmaker.The news that the crisis-stricken company was weighing up the closure of factories in Germany for the first time in its history, and prematurely d
  
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• 6,000 passengers face British Airways cancellations as easyJet expect their busiest day of the year

  07-09-2024 02:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Independent - Thousands of British Airways passengers are waking up to discover their flights on one of the busiest days of the year have been cancelled.
  
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